Alucita plumigera (Strand, 1913)

Ustjuzhanin, Peter, Kovtunovich, Vasily, Delabye, Sylvain, Maicher, Vincent, Safian, Szabolcs, Streltzov, Alexander & Tropek, Robert, 2024, Magnifying the hotspot: descriptions of nine new species of many-plumed moths (Lepidoptera, Alucitidae), with an identification key to all species known from Cameroon, ZooKeys 1193, pp. 25-48 : 25

Alucita plumigera (Strand, 1913)

Orneodes plumigera Strand, 1913: 63. Type locality: Alén, Equatorial Guinea.

Type material examined.

Holotype • ♂, Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Germany (MfN), examined by the authors.

Other material examined.

(NECJU, CUK) 2 ♂, Cameroon, PlanteCam Camp , 1100 m a.s.l., Mount Cameroon, 4.1175°N, 9.0709°E, 11-18.XII.2014, lgt. V. Maicher, Sz. Sáfián, Š. Janeček, R. Tropek • 6 ex., Cameroon, Bamboo Camp, 350 m a.s.l., Mount Cameroon, 4.0879°N, 9.0505°E, 17-23.IV.2015, lgt. V. Maicher, Sz. Sáfián, Š. Janeček, R. Tropek • 2 ex., Cameroon, Mount Cameroon, Bamboo Camp, 350 m a.s.l., 29.I.-07. II.2016, lgt. Sz. Sáfián, R. Tropek, V. Maicher • 1 ♂, Cameroon, PlanteCam Camp, 1100 m a.s.l., Mount Cameroon, 4.1175°N, 9.0709°E, 09-14.IV.2015, lgt. V. Maicher, Sz. Sáfián, S. Janeček, R. Tropek • 5 ex., Cameroon, Bamboo Camp, 350 m a.s.l., Mount Cameroon, 4.0879°N, 9.0505°E, 12-20.XII.2014, lgt. V. Maicher, Sz. Sáfián, S. Janeček, R. Tropek • 1 ♂, 2 ♀ s, Cameroon, Mount Cameroon, Mapanja, 1850 m a.s.l., 4.1157°N, 9.1315°E, 23-28.X.2017, lgt. V. Maicher, S. Delabye • 1 ♀, Cameroon, Mount Cameroon, Ekonjo, 1150 m a.s.l., 4.0881°N, 9.1168°E, 21.X.2017, lgt. V. Maicher, S. Delabye • 1 ♀, Cameroon, Mount Cameroon, Drink Gari, 650 m a.s.l., 4.1014°N, 9.0610°E, 06-15.II.2016, lgt. Sz. Sáfián, R. Tropek, V. Maicher .

Distribution.

The species occurs in Equatorial Guinea and Cameroon.

Note.

New species for Cameroon.